West Basin Municipal Water District
Hyperion Secondary Effluent PS
$14.7MM Construction 

OC SAN
Seal Beach Pump Station
$97MM Construction

MWD of Southern California
Mills WTP Electrical Upgrades
$12.4MM Construction

SFPUC
Transmission + Distribution
$26.5MM Construction

DESIGN-BUILD:

Why Partnering with LEE + RO Elevates Your PDB Project Success.

Technical Qualifications

  • Team of 43 engineers with 10 years average tenure at LEE + RO.
  • Experienced in planning, design, construction, and compliance.  
  • Our diverse expertise ensures technical precision and adherence to all regulatory standards.
    • MBE: California Public Utilities Commission #4LS00008
      Southern California Minority Supplier Development Council #SC30988
    • SBE: California Department of General Services #19363 
    • SMBE: California Department of Transportation #3205

Technical Expertise

  • Designs are efficient and meet environmental rules.  
  • Expertise in system mechanics and optimizing infrastructure for better water quality and efficiency.  
  • Uses advanced tools like:
    • AutoCAD Civil 3D
    • Revit, and
    • Bentley MicroStation 3D for accurate designs.  

Progressive Design-Build Approach

Incremental and Collaborative Design Practices

  • Iterative process integrates feedback from contractors and owners.  
  • Reduces construction changes and improves efficiency.  
  • Adapts quickly to cost, schedule, and design constraints.

Risk-Focused Project Management

  • Identifies and addresses risks early to avoid disruptions.  
  • Ensures smooth workflows and better project outcomes.  

Organizational Capabilities

  • Established Quality Assurance/Quality Control.
  • Rigorous protocols ensure accuracy with flexibility for updates.  
  • Comprehensive documentation maintains consistency.

Collaboration Capabilities

  • Skilled in managing joint ventures and team integration.  
  • Adapts to contractor-led projects and changing owner needs.  
  • Designs prioritize stakeholder needs with real-time contractor input.

Dedicated Project Management and Team Structure

  • Centralized leadership aligns teams, contractors, and stakeholders.  
  • Managers ensure smooth coordination and timely delivery.

Contact:

Maji at LEE + RO today to build your project’s success.
Email: Amritendu.Maji@lee-ro.com    Direct: 626-667-5352

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Charles Ro, PE

Principal-in-Charge

Charles Ro has been a project manager and project engineer for treatment plant, pump station and pipeline projects, and has experience in civil/mechanical/process design, treatment plant and pump station hydraulics, pipeline rehabilitation and repair, and construction management and inspection services. Varied experience working on numerous types of facilities throughout the planning, design, and construction process has given him a broad understanding of design, construction, and management of capital projects.

Experience
  • Principal-in-Charge for $97M Seal Beach Pumping Station Replacement, Orange County Sanitation District. 
  • Principal-in-Charge for $75M Newhope-Placentia Trunk Sewer Replacement Project, Orange County Sanitation District. 
  • Principal-in-Charge for $65M Pump Station No. 2 Power Reliability and Surge Protection, City of San Diego, CA. 
  • Project Engineer for $17M Mills Water Treatment Plant, Chemical Systems Upgrades, Modules 1 & 2 Rehabilitation and Single Point Injection Facility Upgrades, Metropolitan. 
  • Project Engineer for $21M Jensen Water Treatment Plant, Filter Effluent Chlorination Improvement Project, Metropolitan. 

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Eric Lovering, PE

Chief Engineer

Eric Lovering has over 24 years of process mechanical/electrical/ instrumentation & controls (I&C) system engineering and project management experience with water and wastewater treatment plants, pump stations, industrial facilities, and standby power generation. He maintains two California PE licenses – “Civil” and “Electrical.”  Eric’s core competencies include pump station hydraulics and pump selection, mechanical equipment, piping systems, and electrical & control systems engineering. His project experience includes system analysis, alternative studies, vendor selection, engineering, design, construction, PLC programming, start-up & commissioning, troubleshooting, and O&M consultation. Eric has hands-on experience with pumping equipment, diesel and gas-driven generators, variable frequency drives (VFDs), motor control centers, low-voltage and medium-voltage power distribution, and I&C systems.

Experience
  • Project Manager for $65M Pump Station No. 2 Power Reliability and Surge Protection, City of San Diego, CA. 
  • Project Manager for $6M Pump Station 65 Upgrade, City of San Diego, CA.
  • Project Manager for $5M 6.9kV Fault Current Protection Upgrades (230kV Line Reactor Installation and 6.9kV Bus Bracing Improvements), Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California.  
  • Project Mechanical Engineer for the design of a new $8M, Main Switchgear Building, Weymouth Water Treatment Plant, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 
  • Lead Electrical Engineer for $500M design-build Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant Advanced Water Purification Facility, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment (subconsultant to Jacobs Project Management Company). 

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Amritendu Maji, PE

Civil Engineer

Amritendu Maji is a licensed Civil Engineer and Project Manager with over 25 years of expertise in the planning, design, construction, and administration of public works infrastructure, focusing on water and wastewater pump stations. He excels in delivering technical solutions to complex challenges, with expertise in hydraulics, hydraulic modeling, constructability reviews, QA/QC, feasibility studies, cost estimation, and compliance with permitting standards like the Clean Water Act. 

Experience
  • Project Manager for $97M Seal Beach Pumping Station Replacement, Orange County Sanitation District.

  • Civil Engineer for $65M Pump Station No. 2 Power Reliability and Surge Protection, City of San Diego, CA.

  • Civil Engineer for $11.4M Hauk Mesa Storage Reservoir and Pipeline Surge Protection, San Diego County Water Authority, CA.

  • Project Manager for $2.6M South Bay Water Reclamation Plant Ultraviolet Disinfection System Replacement, City of San Diego, CA. This project won ASCE San Diego Section Outstanding Wastewater Treatment Project Award and APWA San Diego Section Project of the Year Award.

  • Project Manager for $3.3M Booster Pump Station 3501 Replacement, Coachella Valley Water District, Desert Hot Springs.

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James Gingrich, PE/SE

Structural Engineer

James Gingrich is a California registered structural engineer with more than 30 years of structural analysis, engineering, design, constructability analysis, value engineering, project coordination and construction management experience. He has been the structural project manager, QA/QC reviewer, and lead structural engineer for planning, investigation and condition assessment, preparation of preliminary & final design, seismic analysis and upgrading, and construction phase engineering services for a wide variety of concrete and steel structures for water conveyance and pumping facilities, water storage, treatment and distribution facility projects for Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California. His experience and expertise include rehabilitation & retrofit engineering & designs for existing facilities. His representative experience includes lead designer for the Lake Matthew Outlet Facilities, Colorado River Aqueduct Pumping Plant Seismic Upgrades, and Oxidation Retrofit (Ozone Disinfection) Projects for MWD’s Mills, Jensen, Weymouth, Skinner, and Diemer Water Treatment Plants. 

Experience
  • Structural Engineer responsible for the Development of the Structural Design Manual Structural Engineering Guidelines, at Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.  
  • Lead Structural Engineer for $850M Oxidation Retrofit Projects (ORPs) at Five Water Treatment Plants, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.  
  • Structural Engineer for $7M Radial Gate Refurbishment Project, CRA Replacement Project, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 
  • Senior Structural Engineer for multi-million-dollar Weymouth Finished Water Reservoir Rehabilitation, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 
  • Structural Engineer for San Diego Canal Radial Gates V06 and V08 Rehabilitation Study, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

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John T. Young, PE

Mechanical Engineer

John T. Young has 40 years of mechanical design experience. In the last twenty-five years, John has worked with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) as the project Design Manager for various CIP projects, including Water Treatment Plant Oxidation Retrofit Projects, Solids Handling and Water Reclamation projects, domestic water system improvements projects, and large-size valve replacement projects (slide gates, roller gates, fixed cone valves).

Experience
  • Mechanical Engineer for $12.44M Mills Water Treatment Plant Electrical System Improvement - Stage 1 & 2, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 
  • Mechanical Engineer for $8M CRA Radial Gates Replacement, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 
  • Mechanical Engineer for multi-million-dollar Weymouth Domestic Water System Improvements, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 
  • Mechanical Engineer for San Diego Canal Radial Gates V06 & V08 Rehabilitation Study, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

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Shiv Murti, PE

Instrumentation & Control Engineer

Shiv Murti is a SCADA, and electrical controls engineer who has worked at five water treatment and six pumping plants, and many water distribution control structures for more than 25 years. During this period, Shiv worked on more than 80 projects including chemical tank farms, chlorination, ozonation of water treatment plants, a solar generation plant, and automation of distribution facilities. Prior to joining LEE + RO, Shiv worked for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California as a Senior Engineer for 18 years.

Experience
  • Instrumentation & Control Engineer for $12.44M Mills Water Treatment Plant Electrical System Improvement - Stage 1 & 2, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 
  • Instrumentation & Control Engineer for Replacement of $35M Filter Valves and Actuators at Filter Buildings No. 1 and No. 2. Weymouth Water Treatment Plant, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 
  • Instrumentation & Control Engineer for $14.7M Hyperion Secondary Effluent Pump Station Expansion Project at Hyperion Treatment Plant, West Basin Municipal Water District, Carson. 
  • Instrumentation & Control Engineer for $97M Seal Beach Pumping Station Replacement, Orange County Sanitation District. 

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Jay Jung, PE

Civil Engineer

Jay Jung has 19 years of water and wastewater treatment process analysis and research, facility engineering, design, construction, and start-up & commissioning experience. His areas of expertise include pilot or full-scale testing, sampling and data analysis, and configuration of treatment process trains. He has much experience with feasibility studies, condition assessment, hydraulic analysis, and preparation of preliminary design reports. Jay develops facility design criteria, process flow diagrams and P&IDs, plant hydraulic profiles, and final design drawings. As a project manager, Jay coordinates the design, including construction specification development and cost estimating, communicates with clients, and coordinates design activities with the civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and I&C design disciplines. During the construction phase, Jay manages shop drawing & equipment submittal reviews, RFIs and change order processing, and startup & commissioning activities. 

Experience
  • Project and Process Engineer for $170M Ozone Disinfection / Oxidation Project (ORP) for the Weymouth, Diemer, and Skinner Water Treatment Plants, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 
  • Civil Engineer for $20M Chlorine Containment and Handling Facilities (CCHFs) for Skinner, Jensen, and Mills Filtration Plants, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
  • Process Engineer for $35M Chemical Systems Upgrades & Modules 1 & 2 Rehab Project, Mills Water Treatment Plant, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 
  • Project Manager for $8.5M Chemical System Upgrading for Ozone Oxidation Retrofit (ORP) project, Diemer Water Treatment Plant, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 
  • Lead Design Engineer for $7.5M Washwater Recycling Plant and Chemical System Upgrading Project, Skinner Water Treatment Plant, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 

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Boyana K. Angelova, PE, QSD/QSP

Civil Engineer

Boyana Angelova is a Civil Engineer specializing in water and wastewater projects including sewer rehabilitation replacement, water replacement, combined sewer overflow systems, water storage, sewer pump stations, and UV replacement projects. Boyana has gained valuable experience working on numerous small to large water and wastewater projects covering planning, design, and construction administration. Her project experience includes the development of specifications and providing design support, preparation of hydraulic calculations, permit preparation and coordination. Boyana is skilled in engineering software including AutoCAD, MicroStation, Autodesk Storm, and Sanitary Analysis, HEC-RAS, ArcGIS, OpenLCA, Stella Modelling, and Simulation. Aside from her design support experience, Boyana has provided construction administration support including assistance with RFPs, RFIs, submittals and change orders.

Experience
  • Civil Engineer for $97M Seal Beach Pumping Station Replacement, Orange County Sanitation District. 
  • Project Engineer for $65M Pump Station No. 2 Power Reliability and Surge Protection, City of San Diego, CA. 
  • Civil Engineer for $12.4M Hauk Mesa Storage Reservoir and Pipeline Surge Protection, San Diego County Water Authority, CA. 
  • Project Engineer for $2.6M South Bay Water Reclamation Plant Ultraviolet Disinfection System Replacement, City of San Diego, CA. 
  • Civil Engineer for $13M Main Wastewater Treatment Plant Grit Dewatering, Wet Weather Storage Basin, Drainage, and Utility Improvement Projects (SD-432 and SD-439), East Bay Municipal Utility District. 

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Jordan Lim, PE

Electrical and I&C Engineer

Jordan is a California-registered Electrical Engineer with 5 years of experience delivering water and wastewater infrastructure projects, including pump stations, treatment plants, pipelines, and reservoirs. His commitment to client satisfaction, technical accuracy, and timely delivery – supported by robust QA/QC measures – has contributed to the success of projects ranging up to $97M in construction cost. As a versatile project, lead, and/or support engineer, Jordan mindfully and effectively tailors his approach to project-specific needs. His cross-discipline technical expertise lies in electrical and instrumentation and controls (I&C) design, including specifications, control schematics, P&IDs, control panel layouts, power system analysis, single-line diagrams, and electrical plans. In addition to design, Jordan brings extensive experience supporting construction administration, including RFPs, RFIs, submittals, and change order requests. With a strong technical foundation and collaborative approach, Jordan is an asset to any project team.

Experience
  • Electrical Engineer for $97M Seal Beach Pumping Station Replacement, Orange County Sanitation District. 
  • Electrical Engineer for $8M Colorado River Aqueduct Radial Gates Replacement Project, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 
  • Electrical Engineer for $4M Chemical Systems Rehabilitation at Plant No. 2, Orange County Sanitation District. 
  • Electrical Engineer for $2.8M Water Reclamation Plant 7 PLC Replacements Project, Coachella Valley Water District. Indio, CA.